Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/falis

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *falisaz.

Noun

*falis m

1. rock

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*falis
Genitive	*falisas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*falis	*falisō, *falisōs
Accusative	*falis	*falisā
Genitive	*falisas	*falisō
Dative	*falisē	*falisum
Instrumental	*falisu	*falisum

Descendants

• Old Saxon: felis
  • Middle Low German: vels
• Old Dutch: *felis
  • Middle Dutch: vels
    • Dutch: vels
• Old High German: felis, fels, feliso
  • Middle High German: vels, velse
    • German: Fels, Felsen (often distinguished)
    • Hunsrik: Fels
    • Luxembourgish: Fiels
• → Vulgar Latin: *falisa, *falesa
  • Old French: falise, falese, faleise, faloise
    • Middle French: falize, falise, faleise, faloise, falaise
      • French: falaise (see there for further descendants)
    • → Medieval Latin: falesa, falisia
      • Italian: falesa, falesia